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Chinese dissidents miss out on Nobel peace prize

AP - 2 hours 4 minutes ago

OSLO, Norway - Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award. More »

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  • French police dismantle stolen-art ring

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    PARIS - The French Interior Ministry says police have dismantled a large network of stolen and trafficked art in western France. More »

  • PM: No early elections in Ukraine

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's prime minister said Friday there will be no early parliamentary elections, defying a presidential decree and raising the stakes in her fierce political battle with the president. More »

  • French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (R) meets with international observers in Gori. Kouchner said Friday that

    'Long road' ahead to resolve Georgia-Russia crisis: Kouchner

    AFP - Saturday, October 11

    GORI, Georgia (AFP) - - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday that "a long road" lay ahead to resolve issues remaining from August's Georgia-Russia war, even after Russian troops withdrew from buffer zones around Georgia's rebel regions. More »

  • Gates: More troops needed during Afghan elections

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    BUDAPEST, Hungary - Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked NATO allies Friday to consider increasing troop levels in Afghanistan next year during the elections, a move made for past votes in Iraq. More »

  • Israeli woman seeks father's Holocaust diary

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    WARSAW, Poland - Baruch Milch was hiding from the Nazis in occupied Poland in the summer of 1943. His wife and 3-year-old son had been killed in Hitler's Holocaust. More »

  • France: Russia only partly met Georgia obligations

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    TKVIAVI, Georgia - Russia has only partially met its obligations in Georgia under an EU-negotiated ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner declared Friday as he toured damaged villages and spoke to displaced people in Georgia. More »

  • A German fireman wears protective clothing as he inspects a poultry farm that was infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in 2006. The European Commission says German authorities are culling poultry at a German farm after the discovery of the H5N1 virus.

    Deadly bird flu virus found at German farm: EU

    AFP - Saturday, October 11

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced on Friday. More »

  • US official: Central Asia gas deal is close

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    ROME - A U.S. official said Friday that a deal may be reached soon allowing natural gas from ex-Soviet nations to reach western Europe without crossing Russian territory. More »

  • France markets arms to Iraq after 2-decade lull

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    PARIS - France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say. More »